Re: Brand strength : Wed Jan 11, 2017 10:09 am
Bent&Bongser wrote:
Bradford Boars? Bradford Steam Pigs? Bradford Buffalos?
Bradford Bison, perhaps. Need an SE accent for this joke but, as Odsal is just a hole in the ground:
Q. What is the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
A. You can't wash your hands in a buffalo.
Hahaha. Pishin' me sen
Bradford Bison, perhaps. Need an SE accent for this joke but, as Odsal is just a hole in the ground:
Q. What is the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
A. You can't wash your hands in a buffalo.
Hahaha. Pishin' me sen
Bradford Bores [as it would undoubtedly become..] perhaps not; I don't think many these days would remember the 'Steam Pigs' name as it related to long gone machinery and, though it was was always meant in a humourous and kindly way by fans, was always really a pejorative. Buffaloes has the same alliterative value as Bulls but is probably even more irrelevant to the city than Bulls, since there is, at least, the odd farm withing the city boundary. It would though, probably get shortened to Buffs, and then we'd be linked in with people with funny handshakes and other fans would expect us to turn up to games with one trouser leg rolled up - or some such!
We took some stick about Bulls until it took off in a big way, so whilst not totally adverse to a new name, and assuming the name and logo is in the hands of the new owner, I still wouldn't change what remains a very well known brand. I think people, unaffected people that is, amongst the wider public, will have short memories of our woes.
